England vs Australia | 1st Ashes Test | Nottingham | 10/7/13 | Day 1

[Saurav]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Starting to irritate me how the review gives blatant LBW's not out. I understand DRS is there to prevent howlers, but that LBW always out.</p>— Dirk Nannes (@dirk_nannes) <a href="https://twitter.com/dirk_nannes/statuses/354989035967627264">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[SL_Fan]

Aussies tried their best to keep the runs flowing....

Pommies tried their best to keep the wickets falling.....

Pommies win...Advantage Aussies.

Well summed up

 

[Sandeep]

Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi

 

[Justcrazy]

Anderson with red cherry ........... crucial spell.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rogers has got a big opportunity here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Single

 

[Convict]

Watto please keep your eyes open.

 

[SL_Fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Starting to irritate me how the review gives blatant LBW's not out. I understand DRS is there to prevent howlers, but that LBW always out.</p>— Dirk Nannes (@dirk_nannes) <a href="https://twitter.com/dirk_nannes/statuses/354989035967627264">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Not a fan of umps call. Makes no sense to me. 50% of the ball out 49% not out? How does that work?

 

[KingKhanWC]

Aussie batting line up looks very weak. England should be confident of taking 2-3 out before stumps.

 

[SL_Fan]

Watto please keep your eyes open.

They are open all right crunched that one

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[SL_Fan]

Watson should have never been removed from the opening slot

 

[Sandeep]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Starting to irritate me how the review gives blatant LBW's not out. I understand DRS is there to prevent howlers, but that LBW always out.</p>— Dirk Nannes (@dirk_nannes) <a href="https://twitter.com/dirk_nannes/statuses/354989035967627264">July 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Seriously! That looked out and to think the decision depended on umpire's call?! What is the point of DRS?!

 

[Ims1]

Damn , 215 ao & 9 without loss . How many will Aussies get ? 275 ?

 

[Gunther]

Finn

 

[Justcrazy]

Watto looks good , a quick 50 from him will make it tough for Poms.

 

[leatherface58]

Watto should be careful. Attack but don't go all Afridi.

 

[wrongun]

Watto having a swing. Plays his best that way usually, as he's rarely chanceless like a Dravid or Kallis anyway.

 

[Sandeep]

Australia will be happy to finish the day at 40-50 for the loss of maximum one wicket. There's a game to play mate

 

[wrongun]

Seriously! That looked out and to think the decision depended on umpire's call?! What is the point of DRS?!

Agreed. That ball was smashing into leg stump. They need to reduce it to 20-25% of the ball, that is still a fair margin for error. Otherwise they effectively shrink the stumps by half a ball width all round.

 

[wrongun]

Watto should be careful. Attack but don't go all Afridi.

You never go full Afridi.

 

[Jo_Don]

Weren't there some folks here who were rubbishing Siddle earlier in the year?

 

[lestaboy]

lol at vaughan tweet he is comparing broad with gary sobers lol

 

[SL_Fan]

Seriously! That looked out and to think the decision depended on umpire's call?! What is the point of DRS?!

Sure some of the DRS rules need to be looked at but it does not mean the whole system is bad.

 

[Justcrazy]

11 / 0

 

[Justcrazy]

Watson needs to Play his natural game here.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[SL_Fan]

Watto on fyah!

 

[Justcrazy]

15 / 0

 

[Sandeep]

Sure some of the DRS rules need to be looked at but it does not mean the whole system is bad.

I am a big supporter of DRS. But they can look into these small issues and make it better. Like wrongun said, the margin of error can be reduced, for example.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

what a shot by watson

 

[SL_Fan]

Out big wicket that watto goes

 

[leatherface58]

Like I said watto just went full Afridi

 

[nish_mate]

 

[Ruri]

Thank god, 1 down.

 

[Master Blaster]

Want to see the old Aussies just for this Ashes.

Aussie Aussie Aussie .......

RR 6....good going.


Errrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Sandeep]

Watson! What have you done.. All hopes on Clarke now

 

[leatherface58]

Cowan ) you Muppet.

 

[SL_Fan]

I am a big supporter of DRS. But they can look into these small issues and make it better. Like wrongun said, the margin of error can be reduced, for example.

Fair enough. Never been a fan of umps call and a couple of other things like 1 review in ODIs.

 

[Ruri]

FINNNNN!!!!!

What a terrible shot. Terrible terrible shot to an average ball!

 

[SL_Fan]

Finn on a hattrick

 

[Justcrazy]

Finn :AAG

 

[Sandeep]

 

[Convict]

Yep Australia

 

[Justcrazy]

There was No doubt Poms would hit back.

 

[SL_Fan]

What a day of Test cricket this. Action packed

 

[shah_1]

Cowan you are rubbish, how the heck does he get to play ahead of Warner is beyond me

 

[Sandeep]

How bad is this batting if not for poor Clarke?

 

[SL_Fan]

Whatta ball how did that miss?

 

[soso_killer]

I'm so upset my DSTV decoder is acting up on me its giving me a "scramble error" message so i decided to reboot the system and its been scanning for a signal for well over 2 hours now since i got home from work.

I'll have to give them a call tomorrow to fix this mess. I paid my account two months in advance so stuff like this doesn't occur.

Keep me posted guys

 

[Ruri]

How does Finn get wickets with such mostly mediocre bowling?

 

[Justcrazy]

Poms would want another couple before stumps ideally...........

 

[Sandeep]

How does Finn get wickets with such mostly mediocre bowling?

You're not considering the opponent. Australia have come with full class

 

[Ruri]

Poms would want another couple before stumps ideally...........

Clarke and Rogers before stumps would be magnificent.

 

[asifp]

Two disgraceful shot by Aussie batsman. Cowan should be seriously ashamed of himself

 

[Ruri]

Jimmy... Why would you bowl bowlers with your height, your skills with swing, and you're lack of pace?

 

[asifp]

Katich just hit a 200 today, time to replace Cowan with Katich.

 

[SL_Fan]

I'm so upset my DSTV decoder is acting up on me its giving me a "scramble error" message so i decided to reboot the system and its been scanning for a signal for well over 2 hours now since i got home from work.

I'll have to give them a call tomorrow to fix this mess. I paid my account two months in advance so stuff like this doesn't occur.

Keep me posted guys

Live streaming on YT. See if that works for ya over there.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ecbcricket

 

[Hitman]

I used to have high hopes from Watson. Sadly he needs to be dropped now from Test cricket.

 

[WalkingWiggett]

How does Finn get wickets with such mostly mediocre bowling?

By mixing in the occasional absolute jaffa.

 

[asifp]

What would Clarke give to have mike hussey in his team right now!

 

[asifp]

By mixing in the occasional absolute jaffa.

The one to Cown was pure tosh.

Cowan just got nervous and played a silly loose shot.

 

[SL_Fan]

Katich just hit a 200 today, time to replace Cowan with Katich.

Clarke and Katich not exactly best of mates

 

[Jo_Don]

How many times has Finn hit the wrong stumps so far?

 

[KingKhanWC]

I thought the Pakistan selectors were clueless but the Aussies have done one better. lol

Usman Khawja not in the team is a disgrace. He played well in tough conditions in Sri Lanka only to be dropped and replaced by the likes of Hughes, Cowan, Rogers.

Another one gone. Great ball. Clarke gone, Jimmy strikes!

 

[SL_Fan]

Whatta ball Jimmy. Clarke gooone without scoring

 

[Ruri]

Jimmy you are a god among men!

And clarke is your bunny!

 

[HASHAM2]

Australia All out on 100

England lead by 115 runs

 

[asifp]

Australia looking like 50 all out here!

 

[asifp]

But what a ball!

 

[leatherface58]

Epic stuff Jimmy

 

[Sandeep]

Tail already

 

[asifp]

actually, bold prediction,

Steve Smith and Rogers I think have long partnership.

Smith will be the big x-factor

 

[Master Blaster]

Ahhhh......seems like Poms are too strong with the ball for this Aussie batting line up.

 

[Sidcricfan]

What a ripper to get rid of Clarke!

 

[SL_Fan]

Somewhere around 15-20 overs to go then.

 

[Justcrazy]

24 / 3

 

[Justcrazy]

Anderson 308 wickets , ahead of Trueman , he can easily finish with 600 Test wickets

 

[SL_Fan]

Rogers fighting hard.